Physical Therapist

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus for External Applicants

Physical Therapist (PT) | Home Health | Fairview Heights, IL

What if your next move wasn't just another job, but an opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day?

At Mederi Care Tenders , part of the LHC Group family and the Optum family of businesses, you'll help patients regain strength, independence, and confidence in the place they feel most comfortable: home.

As a Physical Therapist, you'll build meaningful relationships with patients and families while helping people recover from illness, injury, surgery, and other health challenges. You'll see firsthand how your care improves lives, one patient at a time.

Coverage Area: St. Clair, Madison, Macoupin, Jersey, and Monroe Counties, including communities such as Fairview Heights, Belleville, O'Fallon, Edwardsville, Collinsville, and surrounding Metro East areas.

Why Home Health?

• Build one-on-one relationships with patients and families
• Enjoy autonomy while remaining connected to a collaborative clinical team
• Make a direct impact on patient outcomes and quality of life
• Work in the communities where your expertise is needed most
• Join an organization focused on helping people live healthier lives

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

What You'll Do

As the Physical Therapist in Home Health, you will be completing assessments and evaluations of patient care needs related to functional status, mobility, endurance, stamina, pain, and other medical conditions. Based on this assessment and evaluation, you will help determine treatment plans, perform interventions aimed at improving patient well-being, and evaluate progress toward goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Evaluates the patient's functional status and physical therapy needs. Assists the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care
• Provides services within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of physical therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other members of the health care team
• Observes and reports the patient's response to treatment and any changes in his/her condition to the supervising nurse and/or the physician
• Treats patients to relieve pain, develop and restore function, and/or maintain maximum functioning using acceptable standards of practice
• Instructs and informs participating members of the health care team, the patient, and the family/caregivers regarding the plan of care, functional limitations, and progress toward goals
• Visits patients according to Plan of Treatment, completes a progress note for each visit, and submits progress notes per LHC policy
• Completes all patient evaluations and develops the PT plan of care within state specific guidelines
• Reports outcomes of evaluation, goals, and anticipated projected frequency of care

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Current Physical Therapy licensure in the state of IL
• Current CPR certification
• Current driver's license and vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Annual Target Pay: $91,165 - $136,747
Per Visit Point Pay Range: $43.83 - $65.74
Hourly Pay Range: $52.60 - $78.89

Annual total cash compensation for this role assumes full-time employment (40 weekly hours) at full productivity and generally follows the range above. Total cash compensation includes earnings from per visit point pay and hourly pay and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. This role receives two types of compensation depending on the work being performed. When conducting visits, you will be paid per visit point rate compensation. Your per visit pay will be calculated by multiplying your per visit point rate by the productivity points you accrue for various types of visits. Each type of visit is assigned a certain number of productivity points that is inclusive of "direct" and "indirect" patient care activities. Visits are assigned based on patient and business needs. The number of visits performed each week will vary based on individual productivity targets and the productivity points assigned to the visits performed. You will be paid your hourly rate for certain non-visit activities such as orientation. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your pay, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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